Capsules for current movies

Former NYPD cop Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) begins following the wife of the New York City mayor (Russell Crowe) and uncovers a much bigger scandal. (R)

'DJango Unchained'

Django (Jamie Foxx), a slave with a brutal history with his former owners, encounters German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz), who is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers. (R)

'flight'

An airline pilot (Denzel Washington) saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling. (R)

'Gangster Squad'

A small, secret crew of Los Angeles police outsiders led by Sgt. John O'Mara (Josh Brolin) and Jerry Wooters (Ryan Gosling) try to take back their city from Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn), who runs 1949 L.A. (R)

'The Guilt Trip'

Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) is about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime, and his overbearing mother Joyce (Barbra Streisand) guilts him into taking her with him. (PG-13)

'A Haunted House'

When newlyweds Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) move into their dream house, Kisha is possessed by an evil spirit. Malcolm turns to everyone from a priest (Cedric the Entertainer) to modern-day ghost busters to try to salvage his love life and his marriage. (R)

'Here Comes the Boom'

A high school biology teacher (Kevin James) moonlights as a mixed martial arts fighter in an effort to raise money to save the school's music program. (PG)

'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. (PG-13)

'Hotel Transylvania'

Dracula, who operates a high-end resort away from the human world, goes into overprotective mode when a boy discovers the resort and falls for the count's teenage daughter. (PG)

'the impossible'

Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three sons are vacationing in Thailand when the 2004 tsunami hits the morning after Christmas and they must fight for survival. (PG-13)

'jack reacher'

A homicide investigator (Tom Cruise) digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims. (PG-13)

A 16-year-old Indian boy's (Suraj Sharma) passage to a new life in America aboard a freighter ends in a shipwreck in the Pacific. He is left to fend for himself on a life raft with an orangutan, a zebra, a hyena and a Bengal tiger. (PG)

'Lincoln'

Lincoln (Daniel Day-Lewis), whose tumultuous final months as president included a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. (PG-13)

'MAMA'

Two little girls disappear into the woods the day their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life with their aunt and uncle, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night. Stars Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nelisse, Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. (PG-13)'parental guidance'

Artie (Billy Crystal) and Diane (Bette Midler) agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behaviors collide with Artie and Diane's old-school methods. (PG)

'Pitch Perfect'

Beca (Anna Kendrick), a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much-needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition. (PG-13)

'RED DAWN'

A group of teenagers look to save their town from an invasion of North Korean soldiers. Cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Isabel Lucas and Josh Hutcherson. (PG-13)

'Silver Linings Playbook'

After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own. (R)

'sinister'

A true-crime writer (Ethan Hawke) finds a cache of 8mm "snuff" films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s. (R)

'skyfall'

James Bond's (Daniel Craig) loyalty to M (Judi Dench) is tested as her past comes back to haunt her, bringing MI6 under attack. (PG-13)

'taken 2'

Retired CIA operative Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson) and his wife are taken hostage in Istanbul by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. Also stars Famke Janssen and Maggie Grace (PG-13)

'This is 40'

Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann), an upper-middle-class couple in Los Angeles raising two daughters, try to deal with communication problems at home and troubles atwork. (R)

'Zero Dark Thirty'

An elite team of intelligence and military operatives, working for a decade in secret across the globe, devote themselves to finding and eliminating Osama bin Laden. Cast includes Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong and Edgar Ramirez. (R)